Mitral valvular cyst mimicking a solid mass: misdiagnosis with imaging modalities.

Eurasian J Med

Ataturk University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Erzurum, Turkey.

Published: August 2009

This report describes a mitral valvular cyst mimicking a solid mass in an 80-year-old patient. The diagnosis was based on histopathological evaluation of the resected material. This report emphasizes the possibility of misdiagnosis by echocardiographic and other imaging modalities of a mitral valvular mass in a patient without any clinical signs and symptoms.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4261477PMC

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